The
Ultimate Fighting Championship will be bringing mixed martial
arts fans another free event on Saturday as the Las Vegas-based
promotion returns to the Great White North. UFC
on Fox 21 will go down inside Rogers Arena in Vancouver,
Canada; it’s the second time in UFC history that a free card on Fox
will be held outside of the U.S.

In the main event, Carlos
Condit will square off against Demian Maia
in a pivotal welterweight showdown. Condit, a former
World Extreme Cagefighting welterweight champ, is looking to
bounce back from a split decision loss to then-champ Robbie
Lawler in January in what remains one of the best fights of the
year. Condit is desperate to get on a winning streak as his 2-4
overall record since 2012 and the two-time UFC title challenger was
on point during Friday’s weigh-ins. “The Natural Born Killer” came
in and officially weighed 170.5 pounds.

Maia, meanwhile, has looked sensational since dropping back-to-back
fights to Jake Shields
and Rory
MacDonald. The Brazilian jiu jitsu wizard has won his last five
and in his last outing, he subbed Matt Brown
via rear-naked choke at UFC 198. A win over Condit would bring the
former UFC middleweight title challenger one step closer to another
shot at a championship and like his main event adversary, he was
spot-on at the scale. Maia clocked in officially at 171 pounds,
giving their duel the green light.

In the co-featured bout, former WEC and UFC lightweight champion
Anthony
Pettis will oppose Charles
Oliveira. Pettis, who will be making his featherweight debut,
is on the worst skid of his career, having lost his last three
bouts. He needs to beat “do Bronx” in order to stay afloat in the
spotlight and he passed the last hurdle on Friday, coming in at 146
pounds.

Oliveira has five of his last six and a win over someone the
caliber of Pettis would do wonders for the Brazilian’s career. At
the scales, he nailed it. Oliveira easily made the featherweight
limit as he weighed in at 143 pounds.

UFC on Fox 21 will begin on UFC Fight pass with a trio of fights
starting at 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT. From there, the broadcast
will switch over to Fox, which will air the rest of the card
beginning at 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT until the event’s conclusion.